A former fishing boat re-authored as a sculptural work on the Kep mudflat

The fourth exhibition · Sculpture Park, Kep West

10 Boats+

For decades, these boats carried the families, livelihoods, and stories of Kep. This December, they return to the coast in a remarkable new form.

11–14 December 2026
Sculpture Park, Kep West
Then across Cambodia

Discover

01 · The story

For Kep International Art Week, Art for Kep has brought together Cambodian and international artists to translate ten former fishing boats into powerful new artworks. From 11–14 December, the coast will become a magical landscape of sculpture, light, sound, memory, and imagination.

Each transformed boat carries two stories: the life it once lived on the water, and the new vision created by its artist. Presented alongside a passport tracing its former owner, the works create an intimate connection between Kep’s maritime heritage and contemporary creativity.

At a glance

When: 11–14 December 2026
Where: Sculpture Park, Kep West
Who: Cambodian and international artists
After the week: A moving exhibition across Cambodia

02 · The works

Timber that once held water, now holding the shore.

Orange boat ribs laid in a spiral on the Kep mudflat — 01A hull opened into a spiral — timber that once held water, now holding the shore.

Stacked fishing hulls standing as a vertical sculpture with lanterns — 02Kept whole, stacked, and lit from within.

A fishing boat wrapped in orange cloth and bound with rope — 03The silhouette still reads as a boat — quietly become something else.

A nest-like structure of boat planks standing on stilts in the water — 04Timber from the hull, rebuilt as shelter over the tide.

Concentric rings of standing posts on the beach with a figure at the centre — 05A boat fully used: every plank numbered, returned to the sand as a field of memory.

A large crab sculpture built from wooden boat planks on the mudflat — 06Kep’s coast, spoken in the material of its boats.

A fishing boat painted in red and black dots, resting on the mudflat — 07A new vision painted onto the life the boat once lived.

Upright boat planks standing in a line along the water’s edge — 08The Plank Manifest, walked as a line along the water.

A field of small wooden crab forms made from boat timber on wet sand — 09After Art Week, the boats continue their journey across Cambodia as a moving exhibition.

03 · How to see it

Sculpture Park, Kep West.

Installed in the Sculpture Park at Kep West, 10 Boats+ is a cultural encounter not to be missed—a unique opportunity to experience Kep’s coast, its history, and its future through art. 11–14 December 2026. After the week, the boats travel as a moving exhibition across Cambodia.

View the programme Find Kep West

Artist note

For future boats.

This site is the public programme for the week. Artists interested in selecting a boat for a future artwork can learn more on the Art for Kep website.